Telegram-herald., 1887-05-28

IA people were rot wealthy. ard al
hey Lad WAS gone when ras nsr en1ed.
Daring his service Nr. Carr never
nl.ssed duty. and though his merits
aon him favofatle mention, be refused al
plluotien. H. heft the service and returned
@ tlse university. After a ssssi0n there he
tszan business e. 8 merchant Ia a small way
Ia lo5S he went 70 Little Rock, Ark, and
eI:-a~ed Ia business there Ia -iS.0 be per
chased a Third interest II a well ksiown to-
bncc0 factory AZ Durham. That factory, Ike
the town II Durham itself was destined To
becolae known wherever the wesd men call
tobacco IS smoked The man and The bcsi-
NESS had net, and flcln the very DAY MIR.
Carr took charge be was Recognized Is tie
erains q the firg. aud was gissn entire
charge 81 its mescantiie AMI hnxncial depart
uents In thar day the huslleS was small
whereas now u amounts % millions Of dollars
yearly. and VIXEN then there were lifsy en-,
f.oyS there are now over eco Bat whether
tl9 business Mas great or Sasls NJ Carr
always applied himself 20 want Vas in hand,
and has seen the httis railway efztion OF
Durham grow % the noted manufacturing
town OF 1900 people anil become tie lest
known plsce in North Carolina or in the en-
tire south. with its particular product, to-
bacco. in al mems mouths. II Is said that
he bolis nlnrc positions os business trust than
apy Ran - the STATE. lie Is president OF G.
tobacco company which has . capital Of
81 .soo,0o0; president of tbe Durham Electric
Light company aud OK the Durham and nox-
| bcro railway; vice president of tho Durham
| cotton nlilh and Of the Dnfhsm bobbia and
shuttle mills. lie has branches Of his tobacco
business in all the cities in this coanfsy aud
-. IN - a.
| sgn. TIE sDarham Bna. sdogns fences AMI
| biliboarsis N al Canada, the United States
| md Mexico. hr. Cars wealth i estimated
At over ha1 million, yet no l. as qa.et AMI
nn0brrusise as be wa waeA q poor privsts in
/ bes army. e..
| Other honors than those gathered IN tho
besiress f-ak have fallen 70 lbs lot Of Mr.
/ Carr. he IS aloeGiber OF the beard OF trustee
I os the state university and on Us executive
| committee. Us moaey and infue,ice have
lone much toward resatiitating tIss hars-
| cred old institution, which Was - nearly
ur-ckrd BY tbs war he i member of the
Methodist charch and Is president OF tho
trustees of Trinity. the leafsinc college OF
that denomination in THE south lie has eiven
that coisegs Iarxe SIMS. and only a month
| ago gsve $f0.GD0 90 its erdowmens fund. He
Is president Of the hoard Of managers -
Green horo Female college, anotber import
ant Methodist Institution. Hs ia a member
| II The boar1 q trustees az the female serni-
| nary at Durham, and has given largc sums
tberpto He has been eqnaIly generous 10
to Durham graded school with is CD t,ss-
| ais All thrsc Institutions ara for whites.
bus Mr. Carr, with trBe public s1irit. does
! nct coniiae his good work 20 that raes alone.
for his charities 70 tie colorsd people have
wen for him the highest regard OF the latter
in al parts of the stnfe. he i menIer II
tin tcassi Of trustees of the coiosed normal
end nse- -taairal coii~ze at RistreI
Mr Carr i q fs1efr.ber ~ tAs hoard Of
dissetcrs Of The Oxford 0rphaa asyia1n. a
charity when = ne nobiezt II Inc state.
where 1o crphars are ussutssiise,i anI erlc-
catea. rainly bT tae &a~onx q North
Caroiiua T. this eeyian he Las bcen q
liberal ziver. again AMI sVain. No nan ia
tie state is r1cZs closniy eounecfeI with or so
tfsrsl or 50 profnsueot IN chnrch asd saraiay
sclrxf -rc7k II she Msthcsfiss dsfoa,instI,o.
| r. SIS he aftessisd ne Robert Halkrs ss,u-
dav aeiscel convsnficn. ~ Lassrs< Efxlsn4
50 ~ dtiegata fsom North Csroliaa. asd IL
1881 attended he ccssapsnicai cnsnell - tse
Metsottrs ~ tss nora q she sanso placs.
E1ics tasf time ~ iiao besn a 6sle~ase to .ha
~err-aI eorssrence q TIE Soa.6srn MethoslS.
E1s@crai cburrh ard delegate % ths Eeth.,
siss centensry AZ Baltimore Ms hss rsrsu
Iarzs Sssfas for tie essrsson q one a
tbs liuesf 1efhodsss eharches IN tie state. =,
f'e tagn. als8 ia NAY presented tse H~slp,-
c,srs ktsrr vita Smother cssarch. e ~ 49,,
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xseu cssireh-s u ~eriesls parts q tie ssass.
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sssi -clarrd. ossr &c 80 IA The pess ssver
| yeerS
sfr. Carr IS today ono ~ she nseu nnsl
! prominently n,eilsio'usi IS crrsaection wift
t.se DrlnA.rstac noninafson far governor
Ezht veais see he was neainassI Ter ira
feaans gevernor At ~ Deus~raffr con
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faesais~f e ste ssisiSsry eaoneii u tiie Amer
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